23 June 2010: Morning By The Morning News — 23 Jun 2010 Federal judge blocks drilling ban; Interior Secretary vows to issue new order. Karzai endorses McChrystal in order to slap Eikenberry. Catalogue of generals who recently faced White House heat. The complete Rolling Stone McChrystal article. The lesson of Hastings's article is not: "Get rid of McChrystal." It is, simply: "Get out!" Op: If there is one thing Afghan males should not need to be trained to do, it's to engage in warfare. Wonderful discussion of errors with hedge-fund genius--and colossal failure--Victor Niederhoffer. The recent failure of academic economics wasn't a lack of prediction--it was an inability afterward to do anything useful. Brief essay on what can be learned while recovering from a brain injury, "if it doesn't see you off." Scientists thrilled to study Nicaragua's recently invented new sign language. The incident at hand: colorful analysis of why animals masturbate, humans in particular. What happens when you strap a $2k digital SLR camera doing full HD video to a $2k remote-controlled helicopter? Profiles of the Boston Globe's prolific anonymous commenters.
